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The Harmony Family Centre is a health and wellbeing service for members of the Black and Minority Ethnic Community.
Core Values:
- We
focus on the individual, challenging stereotypes and celebrating the
strengths, encouraging independence and self efficacy.
- We treat everyone with respect and dignity.
- We will provide a relevant, effective service.
- We provide a safe, friendly supportive environment.
- We celebrate the successes of the community.
Core Aims and Objectives
Prevention: where possible, of members of our community accessing mental health or penal institution.
- Misdiagnosis or inappropriate treatment for people with mental health support needs.
- Challenging negative perception about race, ethnicity and mental health as it affects our Elders, families and young people.
- Exclusion of our young people from educational institution.
Promotion:
of culturally specific advice including advocacy, consultation, and
training. We actively encourage the promoting of good mental health and
well being.
- Advocacy to enable appropriate access and representation for BME communities…
- Befriending to expand networks for service users and families and challenge isolation.
- Consultation with service users, carers and faith communities.
Participation: through community engagement and involvement including the delivery of community education programmes.
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